Lee Mavers - Best of the Crescent Tape 1998 (Second album songs)

[@plasticsstrings]

1. Tears in the Rain instrumental 0:00 2. When Will I See You Again? 1:59 3. Let's Go for a Ride 3:56 4. Ladies & Gentlemen 8:20 5. She Came Down 10:51 6. Rebound 14:58 7. Fishin' Net 16:09 (My favourite :)) 8. Raindance 18:41 9. Mindfield / The Big Ship Sails 20:49 10. Pitch Theory / The Pitch of Inspiration 25:05 11. Open Your Mind 26:19 12. The Human Race 30:32

[@nobodyanderson4353]

Fishin net has made me a blubbering mess, thinking of friends long gone. Only discovered it today.

[@mcshadypies]

​@@nobodyanderson4353Exactly la. Me too. 👍😌

[@elfranco7011]

The world needs these tunes recorded properly. Its criminal Raindance hasnt been recorded properly. Lee Mavers Genius

[@andlidearmadta9680]

Mavers has to be the most myserious figure in music since Robert Johnson. Cheers for uploading this

[@thegoodsgone1965]

Good comparison. I'm more fascinated by Mavers than Robert Johnson though. I can imagine an alternate universe where The La's are the biggest band of the late 80s/90s and they've got 10 albums, all regarded as timeless classics.

[@jonnyspace50]

don't forget nick drake

[@mojofilter96]

@@thegoodsgone1965 I regularly think of Mavers just sitting on a massive pile of amazing songs, still pissed off that the album got released and now he's just thinking, f#ck em" Best band that never were

[@thegoodsgone1965]

@@mojofilter96 same! It'd be such a waste if he never releases them!

[@mojofilter96]

@@thegoodsgone1965 I live about 15 mins from where he's from. I'm a truck driver and always keep an eye out whenever I'm around there to hopefully see him, and tell him hahaha

[@wayfinder6715]

Looking forward to him releasing new music. Just take your time Lee, make it perfect :) Rain parade just released their first album in 38 yrs.

[@mcshadypies]

Time is immeriterial. Quality waits, la.

[@wayfinder6715]

@@mcshadypies Artists nowadays like to rush things out, quantity at the expense of quality.

[@georgeslater2095]

Thank you so much for putting this version of She Came Down up!!

[@InParticularNobody]

He was going somewhere else altogether with these cyclical, almost mantra-like songs wasn't he. Melody doesn't just find him, it flows out of him.

[@mcshadypies]

Exactly my man. It's a meditation. A mantra, a force of nature. Reminds me of ancient trees. It's ethereal and ever present. Within and without you. All things pass. ✌️

[@InParticularNobody]

Amen. The Merseyssippi. The Pool of Life.

[@rosemma34]

@@InParticularNobody awesome!!

[@zaphodbeeblebrox9109]

Good god. Lee could have taken the La's all the way, especially with John Power for back up vocals

[@Harrison94music]

I agree

[@marksimons4108]

Huytons Bob Marley!

[@caseyfuruya3150]

If only Lee was willing to sing backup vocals on John powers’ songs 😑

[@danielgordon4122]

Cheers once again, Tone. This is gonna help with figuring out how to play these on the auld Gee-tar. They sound so much better to me this way also, especially the rundown in Mindfield. Gorgeous.

[@ToneLa]

Post what you need to know & I'm sure more than me'll come in with our best To me this is fuckin folk music, man - my grandkids'll know this!

[@georgeslater2095]

I know She Came Down has a well-known progression but any insights into the phrasings he used on the intro 11:27-11:39? To Lee it's probably a simple transition but to me it's genius@@ToneLa Thanks

[@ToneLa]

Rebound lyrics boss la (bit wrong tho post yer corrections) / Fishin Net Been up and down this soul train Lived and loved and lost again At the rebound, living on a rebound I can't explain - think I'm comin' back again On the rebound, leavin' on the rebound E (low e) e (high e string) E3322-22-1-3e33- E3322-22-1-3e00 x2 Been washed up and down the drain Since I fell in lost again On the rebound Been livin on the rebound I got this thing - come back like a boomerang On the rebound Reading on the rebound / Fishin' Net. G (but don't touch the top strings, just pinkie alternating 0-1 on b) Em (but pinkie alternating 0-1 on b) C (but pinkie alternating 0-1-3 on b) (Sometimes hit 3rd on high e- you get the picture) When you play the G chord it helps to hit F# on low E for a transition into Em) Was it something I said? or something in your head, Get out your bed And mm Come filla fishin net Wake up I say Our ship's in the bay Put out your love and Come filla fishin net Put out your love and Come filla fishin net Was it something I said? or something in your head, Get out your bed And, mmm Come filla fishin net I shall obey On my lowly way Put out your love and Come filla fishin net Put out your love and Come filla fishin net. Put out your love and Come filla fishin net. + the middle 8 is basically holding the chords but on the top e string and down) G e -3-3-3-33 Em 1-3-33 C 0-1-1-1-0 = Was it something I said? or something in your head, Get out your bed And, mm Come filla fishin net Wake up I say Our ship's in the bay Put out your love and Come filla fishin net Put out your love and Come filla fishin net. Outro is: (Same chords, but the top e seems to hit 3rd, 1st, open along the way - you can play the entire riff/bassline from this position) G Am Em (if you want to be a star you can hold Em while hitting 3-1 fret on B then same but B 1-0 G 2-0)

[@marekmatejak9023]

Nice one la’ . What tuning is lee using here?

[@ToneLa]

@@marekmatejak9023 I moved it up a bit BASICALLY. It's.. hard 432hz tuning, get Cleartune on your phone or something (weirdly Lee's manager told me this - so he's not totally technophobic) I did that n mixed it about half step down in that tuning Originally it was a full step to step and a half down - but some of that was tape speed Sorry to be rarely inexact, because I had no ref point, but try half step down to 432 hz - it's somewhere around there And trust me - play this in one go as a suite and it sounds AMAZING

[@marekmatejak9023]

@@ToneLa cheers for that tone . 432 hz is deffo the way forward - such a clear difference man . Thanks again la’

[@jonnyspace50]

you know lyrics and chords for When Will I See You AgaiN, Let's Go for a Ride & Ladies & Gentlemen

[@Nutsngum1]

I'm not sure if I've ever noticed Mavers saying "This was before Wonderwall, as well, I'm tellin' ya!" at 11:51 Pretty sure he mentions his gripe with the similarity of chords in the book 'Isle of Noises', too.

[@1878Originals]

"They must've heard the tape"

[@69birdboy]

It's s ridiculous gripe..pretty standard set of chords..lee didn't invent it. Lee us the king of excuses. I love the guy...and what he gave the world. I wish he had written a song better than wonderwall ...she came down is crap...and so is wonderwall

[@georgeslater2095]

@@69birdboyon the 1989 version he references that he got the chords from Jimi Hendrix Ezy Ryder, so he never claimed to invent the chord progression. The audacity of coming here to comment She Came Down is crap!

[@waynesilverman3048]

Remember a tiny bit of write up about the crescent in the music section of the Daily star saying the crescent are gonna b massive or promising ,but at least The strokes and The libertines came a long 2 years later .

[@MrGiorgioud]

Oh my God, all these songs are the equals of anything put on their epochal album. Lee Mavers is truly the best British songwriter alongside Lennon/McCartney and Ray Davies. What a second album they would make! We can only dream, can’t we?

[@ToneLa]

This fella gets it.

[@wills1275]

I'm sound with him not being a Noel Fucking Gallagher of the world

[@prestonkhalil1199]

I know im asking the wrong place but does anyone know a trick to get back into an instagram account?? I was dumb lost my login password. I would love any tricks you can give me

[@prestonkhalil1199]

@Denver Brayan I really appreciate your reply. I found the site through google and im trying it out now. Takes quite some time so I will reply here later with my results.

[@prestonkhalil1199]

@Denver Brayan it worked and I actually got access to my account again. I am so happy! Thank you so much, you really help me out!

[@lennon1482]

love rebound, beefheart

[@richardbloore9480]

Wow , wish this was an album!

[@andrewbleasdale790]

Genius

[@andrewbleasdale790]

Truth

[@waynesilverman3048]

Minefield reminds me of Donavon season of the witch for some reason (the guitar riff at the end of chord) and The loving spoonful For what its worth (hey what's that sound) -just over the feel of it

[@mcshadypies]

Makes you proud to be British. Not much else does these days. Long live The La's. 🙂

[@rossturcotte419]

it’s a haunted feelin’ eavesdropping on lee’s secret & sacred melodies.. a damn shame too - these jams are absolutely lovely & each one *could’ve* been (..or _could be_ la?) massive. ✨🎈🌱🌙

[@dormantAssassin]

Ladies & gentlemen would start a second album brilliantly, hope he tours again soon. Hopefully something will be released one day. Thanks for sharing all of these! This ones sounds ace at speed 0.75!!! It sounded too fast at normal to me

[@thegoodsgone1965]

We can dream!

[@waynesilverman3048]

I'll b at the front if he does ,seen a recent photo on las Twitter,and record day vinyl Lee was at the guys farm and Lee's hair looked top,same colour I presume so he won't have to worry about the way he looks (he has aged a bit but still looks cool and happy )

[@DanielHarold]

11:48 talking about wonderwall wondering if Noel ripped this off abit or got influence from the early tapes as he used to get some early recordings of the inspirals

[@deanfowles3707]

Yeah he did the Bastrad

[@GT380man]

Noel’s a magpie. He’s never claimed to be original.

[@jamiebyrne25]

Fucking great la......

[@plasticsstrings]

Let's Go for a Ride sounds like something Jeff Mangum would write, especially his earlier tapes

[@davidbetts2980]

Absolute tragedy that this album wasn't produced 😔 Definitely a genius and so sad his voice / writing is lost forever.

[@TIDYKARMARECORDINGS]

This would have been beautiful had it been realised. A great insight nevertheless. Backing vox are sublime.

[@SOH131]

Anyone got the accurate chords for When will i see you again? One of my fav tunes!

[@mc1968-z7w]

What a maverick, he could have been living in mansion like Noel with millions in the bank. The La's could have been huge and may have made it in America unlike Oasis. Respect for his integrity and principles, there's few that would do the same. But it's a pity that his many songs haven't been recorded in a studio for posterity.

[@zaphodbeeblebrox9109]

Shit man this is one of the best things iver heard. Johnny b Good at the end aswell. Haha. Lee mavers, what a writer.

[@davidwilkinson3209]

if poundland was around this is a a 10 pack 0f low noise tapes

[@mcshadypies]

And all the better for it!! 😌

[@StripeyMatt1980]

Boss

[@dekabmyco]

That lil riff at the beginning I'm always playing! I knew I didn't make it but I also know I've never heard it before. good shit

[@ToneLa]

tears in the rain la

[@mcshadypies]

We got to start the fire for the human ra-ace! ✌️

[@millennialanimal]

I’m guessing this isn’t the full tape? Is there any chance you can upload the full tape unedited?

[@DanielHarold]

Can some one help me with tuning my guitar to lee mavers tuning I try and tune down but when I play along it doesn't match it :)

[@ToneLa]

Didn't tune this to Lee's pitch exactly, but whack your tuner to 432hz - Cleartune is the app Lee uses(!!!)

[@MrGiorgioud]

Daniel Smith exactly what he said. Instead of tuning your A string at 440 Htz on your tuner (standard tuning, although that is going up too, orchestrae now are using 442 Htz), lower it to 432 Htz. That is a bit sharper than Ab, but lower than A.There is a current of thought, to which Lee Mavers clearly adheres to, that states that 432 Htz is more tuned with the true sound of the universe, that universal hum that the Ancient Greek philosopher Pithagoras (the one who catalogued all the scales and the modes we all use in music) said we could hear if we could obtain total silence on earth. The truth is that in the Western world the pitch has been going up and up since the 1930s. If you listen to old Arabic music records (which Lee does because he is an open-minded fellow and he gets inspiration from the most disparate sources, and you can hear it in some of the guitar phrasing on these new songs) you will notice that the pitch is way lower. If you listen to a classical music piece in both pitches, 440 and 432, you will notice a strange phenomenon: the 440 pitch makes you feel nervous and hyper in an uncomfortable way, whereas the 432 makes you feel relaxed and at peace. Lee, who clearly has his antennae vibrating to a different plan than most of us, knows this. Hence his use of 432 Hertz.

[@generationuk]

You need to tune it to your fridge

[@ToneLa]

@@MrGiorgioud fucking hell it's not every day I see a comment that floors me for La's knowledge but wow!

[@yeahyeahyeah-7674]

@@MrGiorgioud so what is the tuning then I got so confused?

[@brunodacarai]

we are in the wrong timeline sadly

[@DanielHarold]

Chords for let's go for ride ? :)

[@ToneLa]

E, then E again with your little finger on the B string fret 2, then Dsus2

[@DanielHarold]

ToneGarvey thank you mate also love your channel keep going :)

[@DanielHarold]

Been playing it sounds class just wondering if you have the lead for dole drum ? And the chords for I can't sleep were it goes I ant sleep tonight x 3 then into final verse Any help is much appreciated

[@tonyg8096]

@@DanielHarold www.oocities.org/mavers81/ (Steven, whose work is that site, was into the La's earlier than me - back then we thought Fishing Net was The Way We Came, so there is a Fishing Net tab there!)

[@zaphodbeeblebrox9109]

Imagine their second album.

[@angelariley.9963]

Who is singing with Lee?

[@ToneLa]

tHE cRESCENT

[@wormsnake1]

This was 1998!! Imagine how many gems Lee Maver’s has written since then?…I bet he has a ton of other songs written in those passing 25 years. A bizarre story, one of musical integrity or perhaps mental health issues? An amazing talent nonetheless but feels kind of like a wasted career too. It’s all subjective but the first album is the best of the 1990’s.x

[@DavidHarrisonPhD]

Very nice job. Mavers is a genius, and this would have blown most of the Britpop bands out of the water in the 90s. It would be great to hear this put through some MAL style software to clean it up - there's versions online - not as good as your Beatles/Peter Jackson version - but good enough to get rid of the hiss.

[@TattiePeeler]

A gang of outlaws!

[@ToneLa]

i wanted to include that but i wanted this to flow I mean, if you hear the full shit, you've missed fuck-all but tuning & crescent bum notes (and a Human Race riff Lee didn't finish but is in the second take I sequed in)

[@norivaldo14]

Idk what that is. 🤔

[@TattiePeeler]

@@norivaldo14, it's dialogue cut from this compilation of the tape. There's a lot of tuning and faffin' about edited out.

[@bs4209]

@@ToneLa upload that bit for us lad little soundbite an tha

[@dormantAssassin]

Anyone know the tunings?

[@waynesilverman3048]

It's what the Germans used in their classical performance ww2 ,it tells you onLee m web page titled Rock n dole star where a fan tracks and interviews him 12 ys ago for his uni coursework, its near the end and obviously better on a guitar tuner

[@waynesilverman3048]

Doherty used it,or capo 1st fret

[@ToneLa]

A432hz, then, I think tune it half a step down

[@mcshadypies]

​@@ToneLais that a fridge tuning, la? 👍😆

[@Gerardoooooooo]

low noise

[@galacticakashicreadings]

Hel

[@yeahyeahyeah-7674]

What do you mean by crescent though?

[@ToneLa]

the Crescent are the band Lee was teachin dem songs to en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Crescent_(band)

[@yeahyeahyeah-7674]

@@ToneLa wow! Never knew that

[@deanfowles3707]

Its hard to judge but it does seem like Lee found the worst musicians possible to accompany him.

[@ToneLa]

Haha. The Crescent. They were only wee here though. Check out their album maybe

[@69birdboy]

Lee was insecure.. preferred to work with novices. But I think he liked youngsters cos they have spirit too

[@marksimons4108]

Open your mind sounds like Jesus is waiting by Al Green....🙌

[@orangeafternoon_exe]

Camila Cabello stole Tears in the Rain and made it Havana.

[@jacobohara2636]

😂😂

[@brunodacarai]

who the f is camila hair ?

[@malkyboody]

The simple fact remains that 16bluesherbert90 is the most adorable and beautiful of all the women 💕❤.

[@JamesMueller-hi5pf]

Like an Ed Sheeran and Syd Barrett love child. Human looper gone mad.

[@jimbosaul3996]

hey dude can you put a timestamp on the songs in the description so we can just go to them directly. cheers